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Person specification

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a substantial period with substantial post qualification experience within the designated specialty where the post is located.
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, Acute, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for individuals' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists and psychological therapists
Experience of multi-professional management of teams or services within the designated specialty.
Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. DBT/CAT/CBT/IPT/systemic therapy) in specific complex presentations (e.g. personality disorder, psychosis, affective disorders, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and behaviours that severely challenge others etc.)
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group, mental health and specialist health needs.
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC.
Formal training in supervision of other psychologists or equivalent experience

Desirable

Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialized areas of psychological practice.
Experience of representing the profession in local policy fora.
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Experience of service development and evaluation
Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. DBT/CAT/CBT/IPT/systemic therapy) in specific complex presentations (e.g. personality disorder, psychosis, affective disorders, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and behaviours that severely challenge others etc.)
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.

Consultant Clinical Psychologist Acute Care Lead

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